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Frisco firings over video, 2006 edition
Posted on December 1, 2006 4:40 PM
Last summer, a video made for viewing by 49ers players by the team's public relations director ended up being leaked to the media, with Kirk Reynolds fired for the (depending on your point of view) offending video...
Proving he's a better safety than a movie reviewer, the 49ers' Tony Parish described the content as "the same type of sarcasm and satire" that catapulted comedian Dave Chappelle to fame.Criticizing a politician for being a bribe-taker may be like accusing a rattlesnake of having harmful venom in its bites, but the politicians usually have lawyers who are equally deadly when it comes to slander and libel suits.
What that conveniently leaves out is that Chappelle is offensive AND funny. Reynold's video gets it only half right. It's chock-full with racist, sexist stereotypes and mocks San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom as a glad-handing bribe taker.
It's over a year later now, and maybe offensive videos are becoming de rigeur in the city by the Bay. Because another one has come to light, this time from (wait for it) police officers.
After an investigation that started not long after the scribes at the Chronicle were enjoying the antics of the 49ers training video, it looks like seven cops may be fired for their efforts at emulating Steven Spielberg. Or maybe Roger Corman...
The disciplinary action results from a nearly yearlong internal investigation, after city officials uncovered the 28-minute video containing scenes of a white officer driving over a black homeless woman and a traffic cop pulling over a woman and ogling her. Mayor Gavin Newsom and Police Chief Heather Fong quickly condemned the clips, calling them racist, sexist and homophobic.The video was made for the enjoyment of officers at a Christmas party last year. Merry Christmas 2006 officers!
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